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The Borough Beautiful? 

A BRONX OPPORTUNITY 



By ALBERT E. DAVIS, 



President of 



THE NORTH SIDE BOARD OF TRADE. 




Being a Paper Read Before The New York City Improvement Commission, 

at a Hearing in the Office of the President of The Borough 

of The Bronx, in Crotona Park, Third and Tremont 

Avenues, New York City, on July 27th, 1904 







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TO THE NEW YORK CITY IMPROVEMENT COMMISSION. 



Gentlemen : — When, in 1807, a Commission 
consisting of Gouverneur Morris, Simeon De 
Witt and John Rutherford devised the present 
street plan of Manhattan Island from Houston 
to 155th sts. they wrote apologeticall} "It may 
be a subject of merriment that the Commis- 
sioners have provided space for a greater popu- 
lation than is collected at any spot on this 
side of China." And then they ventured this 
prediction: "It is improbable that for cen- 
turies to come, the ground north of the Harlem 
flats will be covered by houses." 

Little did its chairman dream that his fine 
old estate, stretching fanlike from Harlem 
Bridge to Fordham and West Farms, would 
become a city in itself; yet in less than one 
century the northward march of development 
has swept past the Harlem fiats and across the 
Harlem River until to-day tenements a'^d fac- 
tories have invaded the old Manor of Morris- 
ania and the undreamt of City beyond the 
Harlem is teeming with a population four 
times that of the City of New York at the 
time he planned for its future. 

That Commission stated that however much 
stars, circles, crescents and the like might 
embellish a plan, square sided houses were the 
cheapest to build aid the most convenient to 
l>ve in; hence the street system should con- 
sist of rectangular blocks. Yet, judging from 
results, who would claim to-day that the plan 
of Maahattan Island, with its monotonous grid- 
iron of parallelograms, was to be preferred 
to that of Washington, with its broad, tree- 
lined, diagonal boulevards, embellished by 
circles or parks at the intersections ? For 
convenience of intercommunication between 
remote sections; for beautiful yistas; for op- 
portunities for architectural effect, which are 
the essentials of a model city, we see at a 
glance the superiority of Washington. 

DISTRICT OF CHESTER. 

In the undeveloped portions of New York 
City opportunity is afforded to profit by the 
experiences of older communities and avoid 
their mistakes. Especially is this so in the ter- 
ritory east of The Bronx river — the District of 
Chester — which comprises about 14,500 acres, 
and is therefore larger than the whole of Man- 
hattan Island. Of this great area it may be 
said that it is as broad as it is long, as distin- 
guished from narrow, elongated Manhattan. 
This breadth at once suggests the need of di- 
agonal streets or short cuts to brings its diff- 
erent parts into convenient access to each 
other as well as to the City below it. 

Now naturally the trend of travel will al- 
ways preponderate to and from Manhattan. 



This is as iixed and unchangeable as the mov- 
ing of the tides; and so plain that "he who 
runs may read." The best indication of it is 
the course followed by the old roads, the sole 
purpose of which was convenience of travel to 
and from New York. Thus we have the Old 
Boston Post Road, the Fordham and Pelham 
Road, the West Farms Road and Westchester 
Turnpike giving unmistakable evidence of the 
natural course or direction of travel. Logically 
the nearer that these could be paralleled in 
the intervening streets, for manifestly they are 
too i^-regular for City streets, the greater con- 
venience to the greater number of people 
would result. 

This was apparently recognized in the sec- 
tion known as Unionport; and the street sys- 
tem in this small section has been retained in 
its original form in the adopted map. Clearly 
the first essential of a street system is conven- 
ience of intercommunication. Yet strange as 
it may seem throughout the major portion of 
the district, the streets as laid out, would di- 
vert the bulk of travel in a direction at right 
angles to its natural course, two streets being 
run that way to every one toward Manhattan, 
in an apparent attempt to imitate what every 
one now recognizes as the vital mistake in the 
street system of Manhattan. 

Consider how vastly easier the solution of 
the Rapid Transit problem would be for Man- 
hattan to-day were the grid -iron twisted side- 
wise, giving a greater number of longitudinal, 
and fewer lateral thoroughfares, the bulk of 
travel being up and down rather than across 
the island. 

EMBELLISHMENT OF PLAN NEEDED. 

We ask your Commission to examine care- 
fully the map or plan prepared by former Chief 
Topographical Engineer Louis A. Risse, which 
was approved by the Board of Public Improve- 
ments and had the enthusiastic endorsement of 
our Board and other civic bodies and repre- 
sentative citizens, and then compare it with the 
unsystematic arrangement of streets with zig 
zag diagonal roads devoid of any attempt at 
artistic effect or embellishment of the sub- 
stituted plan. 

RIVER BANK RESERVATIONS. 

Your attention is also called to the splendid 
opportunities for locating public recreation and 
picnic grounds by acquiring strips of land 
along the banks of the Bronx River from 
Williamsbridge to the city line and of West- 
chester Creek and Hutchinson River similar to 
the public reservations upon the banks of the 
Charles River as laid out by the Metropolitan 



Park Commission of Boston. Now is the time 
to acquire these strips at small expense; the 
city will be the loser by delay. I refer espec- 
ially to the upper portion of the Bronx River, 
and it will be noticed that provision was made 
for this in the Risse plan. Lovers of the pic- 
turesque and beautiful will have deep cause for 
regreo if this opportunity is lost. 

LAGOONS AND WATERWAYS. 

The Chicago, Buffalo and St. Louis Fairs 
have demonstrated the artistic value and 
effect of grand basins, lagoons or waterways 
as surroundings for public buildings. Why 
not preserve some of these admirable ideas in 
permanent form? In the locating of civic 
centres I would suggest that in the new terri- 
tory these features be incorporated. 

A SUGGESTIVE PLAN. 

Herewith I respectfully submit a suggestive 
plan for a street system for that part of the 
Borough of the Bronx lying east of the Bronx 
River and south of Pelham Bay Park of which 
the southerly boundary is the East River and 
the easterly Long Island Sound. It might not 
be desirable to have the streets only :iOO feet 
apart, cor the intersecting streets so close 
together,but this will serve to illustrate the idea 
desired to be conveyed. In this plan a civic 
centre is proposed at the junction of Tremont 
ave. extended to the Sound, the Eastern 
Boulevard and Westchester Creek, the waters 
of the creek being diverted into lagoons and 
waterways upon which and upon the broad 
intersecting streets the public buildings would 
front, graceful bridges and statuary adding to 
the general effect. 

This would be convenient ai<d accessible 
from all portions of the new territory and 
the lower section of The Bronx as well as from 
Borough Hall at Tremont and Third aves. At 
the intersection of the diagonal streets, circles 
are contemplated, embellished with trees, flow- 
er beds, fountains and statuary. A Sound 
Siiore Drive is provided similar to the Risse 
plan, as also the Eastern Bou.evard; in fact 
this plan is modeled after the Risse plan with 
the exception of the turning of the streets in 
the direction of the bulk of travel. 

ATTRACTIVE RAILROAD STATIONS. 

As the railroad stations are places where 
many pass and repass daily, it has been con- 
sidered that they should be made attractive by 
the location of circles at each of them. These 
stations and their surroundings should be made 
pleasing not only for the benefit of the regular 
passengers, but also to attract new comers 
considering the indelible effect of first impres- 
sions. And while on this subject we would ask 
you to examme the plans for the proposed ao- 
proaches to the N. Y. Central R. R. stations 
from Highbridge to Kingsbridge, especially 
that at Morris Heights, which the people of 



that locality think will be unsightly and in- 
convenient. 

Your Commission will confer a lasting benefit 
if in the easterly territory or District of Chester 
it can bring about the adoption of a 
more rational plan and one in which artistic 
embellishment would form a distinct feature 
instead of being eliminated entirely as in the 
more recently adopted plan. For the most 
part this territory is undeveloped and such 
development as there is, is mainly of frame 
construction of an inexpensive and largely 
temporary character. The land is nearly 
level, free from rock, low priced and weil 
suited to a comprehensive scheme of develop- 
ment. We ask that this suggestion receive 
your most careful consideration. 

SOUND SHORE DRIVE. 
_We would especially urge upon your Com- 
mission the wisdom of taking advantage of the 
splendid opportunities for drives or boulevards 
which will enable the community at large to 
enjoy the natural beauties of the Hudson and 
Sound shores of our Borough, which are now 
controlled by private estates. 

As before stated, a beautiful shore drive, 
affording wide spreading marine views 
of the Sound from Ft. Schuyler to Pel- 
ham Bay Park, received the approval of 
the Board of Public Improvements and 
of our Board and other civic bodies and of 
other prominent citizens of this borough a few 
years ago. Its elimination from the map is 
ascribed to the objection of the private estates 
through which it would pass; but the owners 
of these will pass away and their children may 
not care to maintain them. Already some of 
them are offered for sale. Similarly the own- 
ers of large estates protested against River- 
side Drive and the new parks we now so high- 
ly prize. Private interest must ever yield to 
public interest, and the City must plan for the 
future. We ask you to recommend that this 
Shore Drive be restored to the map. 

PARKS AT POINTS OF VANTAGE. 
We also ask that public parks, not small 
paved spaces, be laid out on Hunt's Point, 
Clason's Point and Old Ferry Point, so that the 
general public may have access to these beauti- 
ful points of vantage and because there will 
be need, in this great section, of more park 
area. 

RIVERSIDE DRIVE TO YONKERS. 
Along the Hudson in our Borough we urge 
the construction of the proposed Hendrick 
Hudson memorial bridge and the extension of 
Riverside Drive to the Yonkers line. It is the 
logical sequence of the extension now being 
made from the Manhattanville Valley to the 
Boulevard Lafayette which carries the drive to 
Dyckman Street or Tubby Hook. 

SOUND TO HUDSON BOULEVARD. 

Another suggestion is the adoption of Chan- 



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cellor MacCracken's plan for a Sound to Hud- 
son Boulevard along the northerly border of 
the City. The greater portion of th's the City 
already owns in Pelham Bay and Van Cort- 
landt Parks, which now largely abut against 
private property. Consider the effect if Cen- 
tral Park backed against yards of private 
property. 

A broad boulevard here would form an ideal 
crosstown thoroughfare of some six or seven 
miles connecting the extreme easterly and 
westerly sections of the Borough. And its 
value would still further be increased when 
Yonkers, Mount Vernon and New Rochelle be- 
come a part of New York City as they should 
and assuredly will in time. 

SEDGWICK PARKWAY. 

A further suggestion is the widening to 100 
feet and conversion of Sedgwick ave. from 
McComb's Dam Bridge to Van Cortlandt Park 
into a parkway, tree lined, with grass plats in 
the centre. This avenue, the most picturesque 
thoroughfare in our Borough, follows quite 
closely and but a short distance away the east 
bank of the Harlem by graceful curves adapted 
to the contour of the land, passing under the 
majestic arches of High and W ashington Bridges 
and by the N. Y. University and University 
Park, the Webb Academy, the Roman Catholic 
Orphan Asylum and the Jerome Park reser- 
voir. 

It affords many charmirg views of the Har- 
lem, with its hills and valleys, and occasional 
glimpses of the Hudson with its world famed 
back-ground, the Palisades, and has been called 
the "Riverside Drive of The Bronx." It would 
form a fitting counterpart to the Speedway on 
the opposite bank of the Harlem. Through 
Van Cortlandt Park it should be extended along 
the high ground to the east, connecting at the 
Yonkers line with the Sound-to-Hudson Boule- 
vard. 

The logical and symmetrical extension of 
Crotona Parkway to the intersection of the 
Boston road as suggested by the East Tremont 
Taxpayers' Association is an improvement 
worthy of your favorable consideration, as is 
also the design of the bridges across the Har- 
lem and approaches thereto. 

All of the great park and driveway projects 
which are gradually making New York one of 
the most beautiful cities in the world, have 
been strenuously opposed at their inception as 
extravagant, and the antagonism of private, 
hence temporary interests has had to be over- 
come. And yet in every instance the result 
has been a good investment for the city in in- 
creased real estate values, not to speak of the 
added beauty and attractiveness of the city 
nor the pleasure given to its citizens, assets of 
incomparable value. 

BEAUTIFY THE GATEWAY. 

In conclusion I would respectfully ask your 



attention to the possibilities as a civic centre 
of the main avenue of approach to the 
Borough of The Bronx by way of the Third 
Ave. Bridge from the Harlem River to the 
plaza at the junction of Third, Lincoln and 
Morris aves. and 138th st. Third ave. below 
the plaza widens out to 140 feet, a broad, 
open thoroughfare unobstructed by elevated 
tracks, affording fine vistas in all directions, 
and terminating in the bridge over the Harlem, 
and offers an ideal location for public build- 
ings, such, for instance, as an armory, court 
house, fire house, market, police station, 
school, etc. One block away is one of the 
Carnegie libraries. 

All of the various railroads of the Bronx 
centre here making it the most convenient 
and accessible point in our Borough from 
every direction. Property fronting on it is 
for the most part undeveloped, so that a com- 
prehensive scheme of improvement could be 
carriea out which would make a most attract- 
ive gateway to the Borough of The Bronx, 
combining beauty and utility and forming one 
of the show places of the city. 

GREAT POSSIBILITIES. 

Gentleman of the Commission: We heartily 
welcome your visit to this borough. We 
believe it is pregnant with great possibilities. 
We need your help. To use a homely com- 
parison, the growing youth requires more care- 
ful attention than the mature man. A large 
part of our borough is as yet undeveloped. 
Its possibilities have not yet begun to be 
appreciated. If through your aid it can be 
made more beautiful, more nearly up to 
twentieth century ideas, you will place this 
borough and our common city under a debt of 
gratitude. 

To remodel the older sections of the city is 
expensive — almost prohibitively so. To 
properly plan and shape the development of 
new localities is no more expensive than to 
improperly plan them and ultimately yields big 
returns to the city's tax budget. • 

It has been proposed to send a commission to 
Manila to devise some definite and rational 
plan for the development of that city. Why 
should we be more zealous to beautify Manila 
in a distant land, which may slip from our 
grasp than we are to take advantage of the 
opportunity at our own door to make the 
great City of New York the city beautiful, 
the pride of the land, attracting people here 
as they are now drawn to Paris, Venice and 
other Old World cities. 

All of which is respectfully submitted. 
Albert E. Davis, 
President, North Side Board of Trade. 

B trough of The Bronx, 

July 27, 1904. 




THE RISSE PLAN 

Submitted to and approved by civic bodies and citizens, and by a unanimous vote of the Board of Public Improvements, 
after two public hearings, on August 31, 1898. Awarded first prize at Paris Exposition, and exhibited at St. Louis, a comprehensive 
plan in harmony with the modern idea of the City Beautiful. 




THE SUBSTITUTED PLAN 

Note incompleteness and lack of system; awkward irregularity, especially of diagonal avenues. No attempt at artistic effect, 
all embellishments of former plan being- eliminated. The shore drive and riverbank reservations along the Bronx omitted. 




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MEMBERS NORTH SIDE BOARD OF TRADE. 



Amory, John J. 
Anderson, Matthew 
Ashfield, A. E. 
Allen, Frederick H. 
Adams, Cha8. L. 
Alexander, Richard, 
Baker, Seward 
Bambey, John 
Barnard, Everett L. 
Bartelstone, Oscar 
Bartelstone, Aaron 
Barry John J. 
Beal, Wm. R. 
Berrian, Chas. A. 
Bird, Geo. W. 
Bogart, Chas. W. 
Booth, Wm. H. 
Borgstede, John G. 
BrauD, Frederick 
Brady. John J. 
Briggs, Jos. A. 
Brown, Wm- Reynolds 
Bruce, H. Victor 
Burgoyne, Stephen H. 
Butler, Geo. A. 
Carr, Frank A. 
Carvalho, J. S. 
Caterson, Robert 
Chabot, T. J. 
Claflin, John 
Cox, Walter 
Crostic, E A. 
Cantwell. John M. 
Cowan, Jos. 
Daub, Wm. 
Darlington, Thos. 
Dards, Charles A. 
Davies, J. Clarence 
Davis, Albert E. 
Davis Robert 
Davis, J. C. 
DeHart, John 
Dienst, A. P, & Co. 
DuBois, Chas. A. 
Doll, Anthony Jr., 
Dooley, John A. 
Ebling, William 
Fajans, Julius Jr., 
Fellows, H. G. 
Fox, John J. 
Friedmann, Herm. G. 
Furlong, Richard 
Ficker, Robert M. 
Fuile, John 

Freudenmacher, Philipp 
Gareiss, Aug., Jr. 
Geiszler, Martin 
Gumbleton, Henry A. 
Goodall, W. A. 
Gotshall, Wm. C. 
Goulden, Jos. A. 
Haffen, John 
Haffen, Louis F. 
Eager, Frederick W. 



Gas Engine and Power Co., 

Real Estate, 

Insurance, 

Lawyer, 

Lumber, 

Real Estate, 

Attorney and Counsellor, 

Knick'bocker Tr. Co., 

Attorney and Counsellor, 

Glass & Paint, 

Glass & Paint, 

Real Estate, 

Central Union Gas Co., 

Real Estate, 

Bronx Business Institute, 

23d Ward Bank, 

Carriages, 

Real Estate, 

Mfg. Embroideries, 

Lawyer, 

Ch Engineer Highways, 

Port Morris Land Co., 

Secretary, 

Real Estate 

Peed Merchant, 

Lumber, 

Monuments, 

Department Store, 

H. B. Claflin Co., 

Lawyer, 

Dentist, 

Real Estate, 

Hotel Proprietor, 

Superintendent, 

Physician, 

Florist, 

Real Estate, 

Architect, 

Furnaces and Roofing, 

Roofing, 

Architect, 

Hardware, 

Real Estate, 

Pianos, 

Secretary, 

Retired, 

Master Plumber, . 

Merchant, 

Undertaker, 

Attorney and Counsellor, 

Roofer, 

Broker, 

Real Estate, 

Mason and Builder, 

Cashier, 

Supt. of Highways 

Secretary to President, Borough 

Physician, 

R. R. Pres't, 

Penn. Life Ins. Co., 

Pres. Dollar Savings Bank, 

Borough President, 

Band Master, 



Morris Heights 

2632 Third Ave. 

767 Prospect Ave. 

63 Wall St. 

149th St. and Harlem River 

Kingsbridge 

Westchester 

148th St. & Third Ave. 

2 West 120th St. 

4241 Third Ave. 

4241 Third Ave. 

3196 Third Ave. 

350 Alexander Ave. 

141 Broadway 

2804 Third Ave. 

135th St. and Third Ave. 

West Farms 

3273 Third Ave. 

475 East 153 St. 

99 Nassau St. 

Borough Building 

141 Broadway 

" Mestanique " E. 138th St. 

486 East 143rd St. 

405 East 144ch St. 

139th St. & Morris Ave. 

149th St. & Harlem River 

Woodlawn 

150th St. i.nd Third Ave. 

Church and Worth Sts. 

180 Broadway 

140th St. and Third Ave. 

3 Cedar Ave. 

Clason Point 

Lebanon Hospital 

Kingsbridge 

341 Madison Ave. 

524 Willis Ave. 

494 East 138th St. 

515 Courtlandt Ave. 

515 Courtlandt Ave. 

1637 Fox St. 

140th St. and Third Ave. 

1488 Washington Ave. 

So. Boulevard & Trinity Ave. 

857 East 161st St. 

935 Prospect Ave. 

773 Melrose Ave. 

Westchester & Third Ave. 

1910 Bathgate Ave. 

31 Nassau St. 

459 East 135th St. 

796 East 148th St. 

879 East 169t,h St. 

567 East 154ih St. 

1018 East 168th St. 

Borough Building 

of The Bronx, Borough Building 

563 East 158ch St. 

76 William t^t. 

180 Broadway 

644 East 152d St. 

Borough Building 

953 Trinity Ave. 



Washington 

Bridge 




Haebler, Theo. 
Hall, Alfred 
Hall Ernest, 
Hall, H. B. 
Harden, Wm. H, 
Harrington, M. J. 
Heintz, John C. 
Biers, W. F. 
Hirshkind, Max 
Hennessy, Joseph P. 
Hol.erith, Geo. 
Hollerith, Henry 
Holmes, J. S. 
Holmes, D. B, 
Hottenroth, Fred'k W. 
Hupfel, Adolph G. 
Howe, Lucius W. 
Harper, Harry 
Hitchcock, Fred. 
Isaacs, Isidor 
Johnson, Frederick 
Judge, J. Tangney 
Jones, Dr Israel C. 
Kuntz, Louis 
Keating, Wm. H. 
Keil, Francis 
Keller, G. W. 
Kiesling, Chas. 
Knoeppel, John H. 
Kountze, Luther 
Kupka, August 
King, Jas. W. 
Lawson, Chas. B. 
Lawton, Newbury D. 
Levinson, Leo. 
Levy, Chas' A. 
Levy, Louis E. 
Lipps, Jr., Henry 
Livingston, Philip 
L orenze, Jr., A. H. 
MacMillan. Samuel 
Marshall, Fielding L. 
Martin, Edwin K. 
Marx, Samuel 
Matthewson, Docglas 
McGuire, Eugene 
McOwen, Anthony 
McLaughlin, Walter 
McQuay, B. Frank 
Meyerhoff, Chas, A. D. 
Meyer, Henry 
Montgomery, Wm R. 
Morris, Dave H. 
Morris, Alfred H. 
Morris, Henry Lewis 
Morris, Fordham 
Mott, Frank P. 
Mott, Jordan L. 
Mohr, Wm. F. 
Nelson, William 
Niles. W. W. 
Ott, Geo. 
O'Connell, Ed. B. 
Oliver, Francis V. S. 
Phelps, Walter E. 
Peck, Wm. D. 



Brewer, 

Steel Engraver, 
Attorney and Counsellor, 
Steel Engraver, 
Real Estate, 
Concrete Contractor, 
Eichler Brewing Co., 
Cashier, 
Clothing, 
Lawyer, 
Builder, 
Builder, 

Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 
Lawyer, 

Attorney and Counsellor, 
Hupfel Brewing Co., 
Stenographer, 
Paint Supplies, 
Fish Market, 
Publifher, 
Real Estate, 
Inspector, 

Supt. Home for Lnjurables, 
Real Estate 
Real Estate 

Hardware Manufacturer, 
Wholesale Butcher, 
Printer, 
Upholsterer, 
Banker, 
Cut Stone, 
Florist, 
Pianos, 

Attorney and Counsellor,. 
Painters' Supplies, 
Westchester Clothing Co., 
Bostonian Department Store, 
Contractor, 

Attorney and Counsellor, 
Inspv ctor. 
Builder, 

Attorney and Counsellor, 
Real Estate, 
Bronx Dep't Store, 
Attorney and Counsellor, 
Hotel Proprietor, 
Real Estate, 
Real Estate, 
Real Estate, 
Proof Reader, 
Coal, 

Hamilton Bank, 
Broker, 
Broker, 

Attorney and Counsellor, 
Attorney and Counsellor, 
Supt. Station R, 
Iron Works, 
Furniture Mfr., 
Iron Works, 

Attorney and Counsellor, 
Retired, 

Tile Contractor, 
Attorney and Counsellor, 
Manager, Lawyers' Title Insurance 
Attorney and Counsellor, 
10 



St. Ann's Ave. and 156th St. 

Beech Terrace and 143d St. 

1087 Boston Road 

990 Trinity Ave. 

524 Willis Ave. 

114 East 23d St. 

169;h St. and Third Ave. 

350 AlexAnder Ave. 

Mt. Vernon, N. Y. 

Boston Ave. and 169th St. 

1421 Prospect Ave, 

1421 Prospect Ave. 

Westchester and Third Aves. 

290 Broadway 

160 Broadway 

161st St. and Third Ave. 

Williamsbridge 

2698 Third Ave. 

2726 Third Ave. 

2796 Third Ave. 

East 156ch St. 

2804 Third Ave. 

Fordham. 

879 East 169th St. 

Williamsbridge 

683 East 163d St. 

970 Prospect Ave. 

623 East 148th St. 

1345 Franklin Ave. 

120 Broadway 

139th St. and Walnut Ave. 

748 Tremont Ave. 

146th St. and Mott Ave. 

40 Wall St. 

528 Willis Ave. 

2714 Third Ave. 

164th St. and Third Ave. 

Williamsbridge 

141 Broadway 

1651 Bathgate Ave. 

105 Havemeyer Bldg. 

32 Nassau St. 

290 Broadway 

145th. St. and Third Ave. 

Borough Builcing 

608 East 138th St. 

515 Wales Ave, 

3418 Third Ave. 

Third Ave. and 148th St. 

149th St. and Bergen Ave. 

137th St. and Rider Ave. 

765 Tremont Ave. 

68 Broad St. 

68 Broad St. 

16 Exchange PI. 

16 Exchange PI. 

150th St. and Third Ave. 

2122 Fifth Ave. 

135th St. and Willow Ave. 

1023 Washington Ave. 

n Wall St. 

35 Kelly St. 

929 East 151st st. 

220 Braadway 

Co. 2792 Third Ave. 

80 Broadway 



Ferlhefter, John R. 
Fflueger, Ghas. H. 
Piser Abraham 
Press, T. Channon 
Pfister, John 
Raymond, Geo. B. 
Reeber, John J. 
Reid, Chas. E. 
Reinhardt, Geo. N. 
Risse, Louis A. 
Robitzek, G- 
Rockwood, Geo. G. 
Rogers, Alfred M. 
Rosenberg, Jos. 
Rosenberg, Henry 
Rosen quest, Eugene 
Rossman. Jonas A. 
Rothermel, Albert 
Rowse, Chas. A. 
Rice, Audrew J. 
Samuelson, A. B. 
Saward, F. E. 
Schaefer, Edward C. 
Schaeffeler. Jos. 
Schilling, F. A. 
Sil'eck,H. G. 
Siughi, H. W. 
Smith, W. Stebbins 
Smith, John T. 
Soltmann, E G. 
Stark, George 
Steeves, J. F. 
Stern, Benjamin 
Steiger, Fredei ick 
Stephens, Olin J. 
Steurer, Chas. D. 
Stoughton, Chas. W. 
Stonebridge, Ceo. E. 
Stutchbury, W. H. 
Sicker, A. T. 
Ship way, John II. 
Timpaon, Thos W. 
Ten Eyck, Wm. H. 
Tiffany, Henry D. 
Tiffany, George F. 
Trimmer, Wesley II. 
Trull, Wm. C. 
Von Vollenhoven, A. 
Weiher, W. H. 
Walter, Martin 
Walworth, Jno. C. 
Warren, Samuel 
Webber, Richard 
Weiffenbach, Geo. W. 
Weiner, Alphonse 
Wells, James L. 
Westergren, H. F. 
Wilcox, F. A- 
Wiegle, Chas H. 
Williamson, Wm. J. 
Williams n, John W. 
Wilkeas, Ernest A. W. 
Winter, Julius 
Wood, Robert C. 
Wright & Son, Wm. H. 
Watson, J. C. 
Wahle, Chas. G. F. 
Zeltner, Wm. H. 



Retired, 
Signs, 
Furniture, 

Attorney and Counsellor 
Hotel, 
Sewer Pipe, 
Merchant, 
Insurance, 
Grain, 
Engineer, 
Coal, 

Photographer, 
Rogers & Sons, 
Printer, 

Metropolis Theatre, 
Electric Light Co., 
Plumber, 
Architect, 
Photographer, 
Shoes, 

Civil Engineer, 
Editor Coal Trade Journa 
President Germania Bank, 
Builder, 

Botanical Garden, 
Lumber, 
Builder, 

Attorney and Counsellor, 
Real Estate, 
Drawing Materials, 
Lumber. 
Lumber, 
Drv Goods, 
Plumber, 
Coal, 
Publisher, 
Architect, 
Collector, 

Manager, Edwards & Co., 
Lawyer, 
Marble, 
Cashier, 

Aqueduct Commissioner, 
Real Estate, 
Real Estate, 
Coal, 

Attorney and Counsellor, 
Upholsterer, 
Builder, 
Real Estate, 
Walworth Institute, 
Watson Estate, 
Packing House, 
Attorney and Counsellor, 
Jeweler, 
Real Estate, 
Metal Works, 
Attorney and Counsellor, 
Metropolitan Dye Works, 
Real Estate, - 
Hotel, 
Physician, 
Pianos, 
Banker, 
Builders, 
Grain, 
Lawyer, 

Zeltner Brewing Co., 
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1 129 East 156th St. 

146 Lincoln Ave. 

150th St. and Third Ave. 

10 Wall St. 

2645 Third Ave. 

484 East 138th St. 

2595 Third Ave. 

148th St. and Willis Ave. 

697 East 162d St. 

599 Mett Ave, 

136th St. and Rider Ave. 

140th St. and Willis Ave. 

143d St. and Third Ave. 

556 East 141st, St. 

142d St. and Third Ave. 

Westchpster 

132 East 42d St. 

663 East 144th St. 

143d St. and Third Ave. 

2697 Third Ave. 

1195 Boston Ave. 

1, Times Building 

Third Ave. and 155th St. 

318 East 13th St, 

Bronx Park. 

Foot East 135th St. 

184th St. and Jerome Ave. 

720 East 167th St. 

671 East 135th St. 

125 East 42d St. 

Gerard Ave. and 138th St. 

Mott and Park Avep. 

32 West 23d St. 

3346 Third Ave. 

444 East 138th St. 

148th St. and Bergen Ave. 

1655 Washington Ave. 

4143 Park Ave. 

Electricians, 409 East 144th St. 

3608 Third Ave. 

Foot E. 136th St. 

12 Spruce St. 

679 East 135th St. 

Foxhurst, Westchester Ave. 

Westchester Ave. and So. Boulevard 

133d St. near Third Ave. 

206 Broadway 

Mott Ave. and 138th St. 

76 E. 86th St. 

706 Tremont Ave. 

149th St. and Third Ave. 

260 Church St. 

Third Ave. and 120th St. 

155 Broadway 

2693 Third Ave. 

141 Broadway 

438 East 144th St. 

1 Broadway 

West Farms 

147th St. and Third Ave. 

Westchester and Prospect Aves. 

284 Alexander Ave. 

137th St. and So. Boulevard 

30 Broad St. 

148th St. and Third Ave. 

135th St. and Mott Haven Canal 

1239 Franklin Ave. 

170th St. and Third Ave. 



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